EP0479636A1 - Elastomerisches Profil mit einem rohrförmigen Element und einem verstellbaren Querschnitt ausgestattet - Google Patents

Elastomerisches Profil mit einem rohrförmigen Element und einem verstellbaren Querschnitt ausgestattet Download PDF

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EP0479636A1
EP0479636A1 EP91402485A EP91402485A EP0479636A1 EP 0479636 A1 EP0479636 A1 EP 0479636A1 EP 91402485 A EP91402485 A EP 91402485A EP 91402485 A EP91402485 A EP 91402485A EP 0479636 A1 EP0479636 A1 EP 0479636A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J10/00—Sealing arrangements
    • B60J10/80—Sealing arrangements specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors
    • B60J10/84—Sealing arrangements specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors arranged on the vehicle body
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J10/00—Sealing arrangements
    • B60J10/20—Sealing arrangements characterised by the shape
    • B60J10/22—Sealing arrangements characterised by the shape having varying cross-section in the longitudinal direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J10/00—Sealing arrangements
    • B60J10/20—Sealing arrangements characterised by the shape
    • B60J10/24—Sealing arrangements characterised by the shape having tubular parts
    • B60J10/248—Sealing arrangements characterised by the shape having tubular parts having two or more tubular cavities, e.g. formed by partition walls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J10/00—Sealing arrangements
    • B60J10/20—Sealing arrangements characterised by the shape
    • B60J10/27—Sealing arrangements characterised by the shape having projections, grooves or channels in the longitudinal direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J10/00—Sealing arrangements
    • B60J10/30—Sealing arrangements characterised by the fastening means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J10/00—Sealing arrangements
    • B60J10/30—Sealing arrangements characterised by the fastening means
    • B60J10/32—Sealing arrangements characterised by the fastening means using integral U-shaped retainers

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  • the present invention relates to an elastomer profile comprising a tubular element, of adjustable shape and cross section.
  • Such profiles comprising a tubular element are used in particular for sealing between an opening panel and a standing panel and, more particularly, between an automobile door and a door frame of the bodywork.
  • the profile usually includes for this purpose a U-shaped section forming a clamp, generally equipped with a metal frame, which can be made integral with a projecting element of the fixed panel, and a tubular part capable of elastically deforming, which is adjacent to the U-shaped section and which is intended to be compressed between the opening panel and the standing panel.
  • tubular element of such profiles has a role of hubcap and it may include one or more lips reinforcing its ornamental character.
  • the subject of the invention is an elastomer profile comprising a U-section part, capable of covering a projecting element of a frame, and a tubular element adjoining a branch of the U, characterized in that said element tubular is formed of a band, which is integral with a first lateral portion of said branch of the U and the second lateral portion of which is capable of being forcibly engaged between the U-section part of the profile and an adjoining part of it ci, to form said tubular element.
  • these two parts will include, in a known manner itself, a metal frame.
  • the lateral portion of the strip constituting the tubular element which is engaged between the U-section part of the profile and the contiguous part of the latter must also have sufficient rigidity and, for this purpose, it may either include a metal frame, or have an appropriate hardness. In the case where it will include a metal frame, it will be possible to vary the shape of the tubular part by deforming the part equipped with the frame.
  • At least one external surface of said lateral portion and the associated surface of said contiguous part or of said U-shaped section part will have complementary grooved or grooved profiles allowing them to cooperate by interlocking.
  • the second lateral part of the strip forming the tubular element may be engaged between the base of the U of the U-section part and a contiguous parallel part of the profile, or between the strip of the U of the U-section part of which n 'is not integral the first lateral portion of the strip and a contiguous parallel part of the profile, or, optionally, between the two branches of the U.
  • the first lateral portion of the strip forming the tubular element may have come from extrusion with the profile or be bonded to it. It can also, as will be seen in more detail below, be pinched, like the second lateral portion, between a branch of the U-shaped part and a parallel contiguous part of the profile.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 These figures represent the same embodiment of the profile according to the invention, coming from manufacture (FIG. 1) and in the position of use, with a tubular sealing element of various forms ( Figures 2 to 4).
  • This profile is made of an elastomer 1, reinforced over part of its length by a metal frame 2.
  • the metal frame can be of any type known in the technique of profiles used in the automotive industry.
  • the reinforced portion of the profile comprises a part 3 with a U-shaped cross section, intended to be made integral by pinching a projecting element of a frame of a car door, a second part 4 with a U-section inverted with respect to the profile. of part 3, and a strip 5 extending laterally part 4, parallel to the base of the U of part 3.
  • This profile is produced by extrusion of the elastomer 1 on the metal frame 2 and it has various lips having a role known in the art and which are foreign to the present invention.
  • the profile comprises a strip 6, attached by one of its lateral portions 6a, here extruded with the rest of the profile, to a branch of the U of part 3, and the other of which lateral portion 6b, here fitted with a metal frame 7, can be engaged more or less, by force, between the base of the U of part 3 and the strip 5, to form a tubular sealing element adjoining part 3
  • the facing surfaces of the strip 5 and the lateral portion 6b of the strip 6 will have grooves or grooves of complementary profile at 8, allowing them to cooperate by interlocking and keep the strip 6 locked in position.
  • FIGS 5 to 8 show other embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 5 where the bodies already described in relation to Figures 1 to 4 are designated by the same reference numbers assigned to the index ', shows a profile similar to that of the previous figures, with the difference that the side portion 6 'b of part 6 no longer has reinforcement, but has sufficient hardness to present the desired rigidity.
  • the lateral portion 16_b of the strip 16 is engaged between the two branches of the part 14 in U inverted with respect to that of the U-shaped part 13, to which the strip 16 is attached.
  • the different shapes that the tubular part formed by the folded strip 16 can take, depending on whether the lateral portion 16b is more or less engaged between the branches of the U of part 14, are shown in broken lines.
  • Figure 7 where the bodies described in relation to Figure 6 are designated by the same reference numerals assigned the index illustrates a variant of the profile shown in this Figure 6, where the tubular member has a different shape and where the position of the U-shaped parts, 13 'and 14', is reversed with respect to those of parts 13 and 14.
  • FIG. 8 finally represents a profile in accordance with the invention in which the strip 26 intended to form the tubular element no longer comes from manufacture with the part 23 having a U-shaped section intended to cover a projecting element of a bodywork d automobile or the like, but is distinct from it.
  • the branches of the U of this part 23 extend laterally to form two parts 24 and 29, of inverted U section with respect to the part 23, in which are engaged more or less the lateral parts 26a and 26b of the strip 26, of so as to vary the shape of the tubular element thus produced, of which different profiles are shown in broken lines in the drawing.
  • a lip 30 is attached to the strip 26 and has an ornamental role.
  • the invention therefore provides a simple and easy to implement means for producing profiles comprising a tubular element of variable profile and section.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Seal Device For Vehicle (AREA)
  • Shaping Of Tube Ends By Bending Or Straightening (AREA)
  • Extrusion Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Mutual Connection Of Rods And Tubes (AREA)
  • Actuator (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Vehicle Waterproofing, Decoration, And Sanitation Devices (AREA)
  • Supports For Pipes And Cables (AREA)
  • Joints With Sleeves (AREA)
EP91402485A 1990-09-26 1991-09-18 Elastomerisches Profil mit einem rohrförmigen Element und einem verstellbaren Querschnitt ausgestattet Expired - Lifetime EP0479636B1 (de)

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FR9011853A FR2667024A1 (fr) 1990-09-26 1990-09-26 Profile en elastomere comportant un element tubulaire de forme et de section transversale reglables.

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